They left their trade goods behind as they departed the city. Urgon found the entire situation confusing, for they had received nothing in return. Agrug, however, looked quite pleased, an attitude that earned him Urgon’s attention once they returned to their campsite.
“Agrug,” he said. “Why have we left them everything, while we received nothing in return?”
“Wait and see,” replied the chieftain. “We are to receive riches beyond imagining.”
Urgon scowled but said no more. They remained in their camp that night but talked little. Come morning, he expected to be up and moving, for home was a full three days of travel, yet still, Agrug waited. It wasn’t until mid-morning that the answer presented itself in the form of a wagon pulled by two horses and driven by a man wearing a weather-beaten
